YouthBuild celebrating campus consolidation

3:31 PM,
Oct. 9, 2012

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Sawdust swirled as participants in the YouthBuild Louisville program in Smoketown watched shop instructor Drew Hickok demonstrate how to square off the end of a cedar beam with an electric miter saw.

They applauded when Jovkena Morgan gave it a successful try and then watched Alonzo Hearn do it.

For Hearn, a 22-year-old high school dropout who just started the 10-month program, it's a chance to work academically toward his GED while learning construction skills and earning $20 a day for participating and being on time to classes. ...